Decolonizing Chinese History

在中國脈絡下，「解殖」意味著什麼？如何以殖民批判的眼光，重新書寫中國史？在「中國上下五千年」的帝國史觀中，中國政治文明是一株從「堯」到「毛」代代相傳的薪火，自古坐擁神聖不可侵犯的神州大陸；而「中國」，則被想像為統一且均質的政治／文化實體。然而，這樣的大一統敘事忽視了這塊大陸上的多元文化，以及跨國移民在中國與世界史中的意義。更有甚者，向來自居西方殖民主義受害者的中國，從不談自身的殖民加害事實。歷史成為當權者用來文飾暴力的工具，更為當代威權統治提供正當性。重構中國史觀是當下刻不容緩的任務。本書收錄了五位中國史學者的解殖研究，從新疆、臺灣、香港到海外華人社群等角度切入，深入探討「朝貢體系」、「漢化」與「朝代紀元」等概念如何形塑當代中國的歷史敘事與疆域想像。同時反躬自問：西方出身的學者，如何一邊解殖中國史，一邊處理自身與西方霸權的曖昧關係？透過解殖之眼，我們共同撥開「大寫敘事」的修辭幻術，設想一種朝向史學正義的中國史。1.挑戰主流敘事：揭露「五千年連續文明」與「堯到毛」的歷史神話，反思其政治功能。2.跨地域視角：從新疆、臺灣、香港到海外華人社群，展示多元案例。3.跨學科對話：結合歷史學、政治學與國際關係的理論與研究，呈現多面向分析。4.國際學者合著：作者群橫跨美國、臺灣與亞洲研究領域，帶來全球對話。5.連結當代議題：將殖民與去殖民的討論，與中國當前的壓迫政策、臺海局勢、香港抗爭相連結。

Chinese Diaspora Charity and the Cantonese Pacific, 1850–1949 sheds new light on the history of charity among Chinese overseas and its place in the history of charity in China and in the wider history

Essential Terms of Chinese Painting provides a comprehensive coverage of the broad spectrum of Chinese painting. Through an array of some 900 terms, it exhibits the history of Chinese culture, as inte

This is the first published volume on a variety of sources for Chinese women's history. It is an attempt to explore overt and covert information on Chinese women in a vast quantity of textual and non-

是誰在自己的婚禮上，說出「下次結婚再到這地來」的驚人之語？是誰讓中國現代小說進入美國學術殿堂，將張愛玲、錢鍾書等人推上文學巨匠之林？來吧！為您介紹這位總也不老的「夏判官」......夏志清是美國研究中國文學的重量級人物，也是中外著名的文學評論家。他的成名巨著A History of Modern Chinese Fiction（《中國現代小說史》）不僅讓中國現代小說進入美國學術殿堂，還將張愛玲、錢

A Contemporary History of the Chinese Zheng traces the twentieth- and twenty-first-century development of an important Chinese musical instrument in greater China.The zheng was transformed over the course of the twentieth century, becoming a solo instrument with virtuosic capacity. In the past, the zheng had appeared in small instrumental ensembles and supplied improvised accompaniments to song. Zheng music became a means of nation-building and was eventually promoted as a marker of Chinese identity in Hong Kong. Ann L. Silverberg uses evidence from the greater China area to show how the narrative history of the zheng created on the mainland did not represent zheng music as it had been in the past. Silverberg ultimately argues that the zheng’s older repertory was poorly represented by efforts to collect and promote zheng music in the twentieth century. This book contends that the restored “traditional Chinese music” created and promulgated from the 1920s forward—and solo zheng music in

In Chinese Cinema: Identity, Power, and Globalization, a variety of scholars explore the history, aesthetics, and politics of Chinese cinema as the Chinese film industry grapples with its place as the second largest film industry in the world. Exploring the various ways that Chinese cinema engages with global politics, market forces, and film cultures, this edited volume places Chinese cinema against an array of contexts informing the contours of Chinese cinema today. The book also demonstrates that Chinese cinema in the global context is informed by the intersections and tensions found in Chinese and world politics, national and international co-productions, the local and global in representing Chineseness, and the lived experiences of social and political movements versus screened politics in Chinese film culture. This work is a pioneer investigation of the topic and will inspire future research by other scholars of film studies.

Studies in Colloquial Chinese and Its History: Dialect and Text presents cutting-edge research into issues regarding prestige colloquial languages in China in their spoken forms and as well as their relationship to written forms and the colloquial literary language. These include the standard regional languages and prestige dialects of the past, the influence of historical forms of spoken Chinese on written Chinese, the history of guānhuà and the history of báihuà, proto-dialects and supra-regional common languages (koines), and their relationship to spoken dialects. The various studies in this collection focus on the dialect groups with the most substantial written tradition, including Mandarin, Wu, Min, and Cantonese, in north, central and eastern coastal, and southern China respectively. The contributors explore the histories of these dialects in their written and spoken forms, presenting a variegated view of the history and development of the regional forms, including their evoluti

Chinese medicine has a rich history that has only been made more complex by its integration with “Western” biomedicine. Legitimization of Chinese medicine in biomedicine-dominated health systems, such

This richly illustrated chronicle of Chinese civilization furnishes general readers and scholars alike with an authoritative overview of Chinese history, art and culture, from the pre-historic era to

Forword This is an abridged translation of a booklet originally written in Chinese. It is a brief account of my personal experience in educational work written in the hope that the facts related herei

No sound, no problem！（掩耳盜鈴） Groundless worries （杞人憂天） There are hundreds more of these Chinese idioms (chengyu) that pack a lot of meaning into four characters。 Many of these Chinese idioms originate from historical events，classics，and folklore； they give us valuable insights into Chinese culture，history，and literature。 Aimed at English learners，The Magic Four groups together some of these well-known stories with attitude and behaviour as its theme。 Each story is accompanied with extra learning elements： • The literal and figurative meanings； • A similar idiom/phrase in the English language； • Definitions of useful vocabularies in the story； • Meanings of different idioms/phrases used in the stories and examples。 Not only will you gain insight into Chinese wisdom accumulated for centuries but also learn fun aspects of the English language too！

An indispensable reference to the development of the Chinese economy—past, present, and future.—DALE W. JORGENSON, Samuel W. Morris University Professor, Harvard University Since China undertook economic reform and opened its economy to the world in the late 1970s, its economy has been growing at an average annual rate of over 9 percent for more than four decades. No other economy in recorded history has grown at such a high rate and for such a long period as China has done. The questions that naturally arise are: Was the Chinese economy a miracle? Or was it a mere bubble? Will the Chinese economy begin to stagnate like the Japanese economy did in the 1990s, and perhaps decline? Will it be able to escape the “middle-income trap”? If it is not a miracle, can the Chinese development experience be replicated elsewhere? This book provides a comprehensive and detailed discussion of the remarkable growth of the Chinese economy over the past decades, by scrutinising the sources of e

The Authorship of Place is the first monograph dedicated to the study of the politics, history, aesthetics, and practices of location shooting for Taiwanese, Mainland Chinese, and coproduced art cinem

This book is one of the few books written in English on Chaozhou culture and history. It compiles information from Chinese and English sources including archive material, academic works and publicatio

Hundreds of Chinese export paintings of Canton trading houses and shopping streets are in museums and private collections throughout the world, and scholars of art and history have often questioned th

Exploring Traditional Chinese Festivals in China traces the history and development of various festivals celebrated in China. Many of these festivals have evolved into modern variations practiced in p

When the Yellow River Floods explores the relationship between environmental degradation, hydraulic engineering, and nation-building in the context of Liu E’s The Travels of Lao Can. This book contributes to the field by providing a unique perspective on modern Chinese literary history that goes beyond conventional narratives that focus solely on political and cultural factors. The main areas covered include the role of water management in literary nation-building and the connections between the novel’s various themes, such as river engineering, medical and political discourses, national sentiment, and landscape description. The book is targeted toward scholars and students of Chinese literature, history, and environmental studies, as well as those interested in the intersections between literature, nation-building, and environmental challenges. By offering a comprehensive and material-based analysis of The Travels of Lao Can, this book broadens the understanding of nation-building in

Prof. William S-Y. Wang, an eminent linguist, has made significant contributions to the field regarding lexical diffusion, experimental phonetic studies, language simulation and modeling, and aging and language. To celebrate his 90th birthday, colleagues and friends worldwide have contributed over 30 articles to a two-volume Festschrift. The English volume includes topics such as Chinese language evolution, the relationship between language and music, and the brain processes involved in language production. This Festschrift is written by and for experienced language researchers and is also suitable for students of Chinese linguistics and those interested in Chinese culture, history, and neurology.

The first exhaustive English-language history and analysis of the Chinese opera genre, Kunqu. In Kunqu: A Classical Opera of Twenty-First-Century China, Joseph S. C. Lam offers a holistic and interdisciplinary view of Kunqu, a 600-year-old genre of Chinese opera that has been fashionably performed inside and outside of China. The first comprehensive and scholarly book on Kunqu written in English, this book explains how and why the genre charms and signifies Chinese culture, history, and personhood. Approaching the genre from several perspectives, ranging from those of performers and producers to those of casual audiences, dedicated connoisseurs, and scholarly critics, Lam also employs a judicious blend of Chinese and international theories and methods. Herein, he establishes the significance of Kunqu not only in the sphere of Chinese music but among the cultural heritage and performing arts at a global level as well.

In The Chinese Idea of a University: Phoenix Reborn, Rui Yang conceptualizes the cultural foundations of modern university development in Chinese societies. Instead of focusing on the uniqueness of the societies, this book aims to prove that one educational purpose could be fulfilled via many paths, and that most of the characteristics the university could be found in other institutions of higher learning. Citing the practices of four selected Chinese societies, Yang opposes the existence of an impassable chasm between Chinese and Western ideas of a university and argues that it is possible to combine Chinese and Western ideas of a university. Also, this book is one of the first in English to theorize the Chinese idea of a university. It links the historical events to the present, in a context of an enormous impact of Western academic models and institutions, from the beginning of modern universities in Chinese societies to the contemporary period.

This book contains analysis of different domains of contemporary art in China seen through the lens of the epistemological changes described in China Pluperfect I: Epistemology of Past and Outside in Chinese Art.It first looks at the concept of “ink art,” describing how it meant different things to different people in the former colony and how these different meanings came to determine certain institutional choices made at the beginning of the 21st century. The following chapters are dedicated to issues related to the urban and rural contexts for art creation in Mainland China and Hong Kong. One chapter observes the ups and downs of the representations of cities in the history of the People’s Republic of China and how they have defined a certain idea of culture. Another looks at how Chinese cities have been exceptional centers of art creations over the last thirty to forty years through the example of Shenzhen where a vibrant art scene, albeit closely connected to Hong Kong which has b

In The Making of Chinese-Sinophone Literatures as World Literature, Kuei-fen Chiu and Yingjin Zhang aim to bridge the distance between the scholarship of world literature and that of Chinese and Sinophone literary studies. This edited volume advances research on world literature by bringing in new developments in Chinese/Sinophone literatures and adds a much-needed new global perspective on Chinese literary studies beyond the traditional national literature paradigm and its recent critique by Sinophone studies. In addition to a critical mapping of the domains of world literature, Sinophone literature, and world literature in Chinese to delineate the nuanced differences of these three disciplines, the book addresses the issues of translation, genre, and the impact of media and technology on our understanding of “literature” and “literary prestige.” It also provides critical studies of the complicated ways in which Chinese and Sinophone literatures are translated, received, and reinveste

Revisiting the foundation of Chinese spiritual life, the prestigious historian Cho-yun Hsu seeks a way to connect Chinese culture with the world.This book is an insightful and lively discussion of the

The Chinese language has no tense but has aspects. It relies on aspectual particles to express how an action or state relates to the flow of time. Among all Chinese aspectual particles, le (了) is the

The English edition of Liu Lihong’s milestone work is a sublime beacon for the profession of Chinese medicine in the 21st century. Classical Chinese Medicine delivers a straightforward critique of the

Today is a very lucky day. Peppa and her family are celebrating Chinese New Year. Peppa is wearing her special Chinese New Year dress. George has his Chinese New Year clothes on, too.

Chinese bibliography has a long history and tradition of its own, going back two millennia. It resembles critical bibliography, incorporates key features of today’s library cataloging and classificati

This work is a classic in the study of twentieth-century Chinese fiction. C. T. Hsia delved into the works of important writers such as Lu Hsün, Pa Chin, Lao Shê, Eileen Chang and Ch’ien Chung-shu. In

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents:Confucius, the great Chinese philosopherSocrates, the great Greek philosopherAristotle, the first to organize scientific knowledgeWillia

Chinese Biographies: Jeremy Lin is the fifth title in Cheng & Tsui’s award-winning Chinese Biographies series. The latest title in this award-winning series tells the story of overnight sensation

Used as a standard by students and teachers in learning Chinese for more than three decades, the bestselling Reading & Writing Chinese has been completely revised and updated!Reading & Writing

For students of Chinese art and culture this anthology has proven invaluable since its initial publication in 1985. It collects important Chinese writings about painting, from the earliest examples th

誰說歷史是「他的故事」(history)？ 莎士比亞曾經說過：「女人啊女人，男人的舞臺，你們是永遠站在光圈和掌聲以外的。」莎士比亞的這句話早已落伍，因為女人早已用她們頑強的生命力、獨特的魅力，以及不凡的智慧，向世人展現女人的能力絕對不輸男人。於是我們可以看到撫養托爾斯泰的長大的姑姑塔基楊娜與妻子索菲婭，成就了托爾斯泰的史詩巨著；可可‧香奈兒運用她的時尚品味與超越生命極限的創造力，將女性從拘束繁複的

誰說歷史是「他的故事」(history)？ 莎士比亞曾經說過：「女人啊女人，男人的舞臺，你們是永遠站在光圈和掌聲以外的。」莎士比亞的這句話早已落伍，因為女人早已用她們頑強的生命力、獨特的魅力，以及不凡的智慧，向世人展現女人的能力絕對不輸男人。於是我們可以看到撫養托爾斯泰的長大的姑姑塔基楊娜與妻子索菲婭，成就了托爾斯泰的史詩巨著；可可‧香奈兒運用她的時尚品味與超越生命極限的創造力，將女性從拘束繁複的

誰說歷史是「他的故事」(history)？ 莎士比亞曾經說過：「女人啊女人，男人的舞臺，你們是永遠站在光圈和掌聲以外的。」莎士比亞的這句話早已落伍，因為女人用她們頑強的生命力、獨特的魅力，以及不凡的智慧，已經向世人展現女人的能力絕對不輸男人。於是我們可以看到美麗又有智慧的凡妮莎與維吉尼亞姐妹，在布魯姆斯伯里沙龍中孕育出情感激盪的文藝年代；見到勃朗特三姐妹如何傾注靈魂與生命，寫出永恆不朽的動人篇章；

誰說歷史是「他的故事」(history)？ 莎士比亞曾經說過：「女人啊女人，男人的舞臺，你們是永遠站在光圈和掌聲以外的。」莎士比亞的這句話早已落伍，因為女人用她們頑強的生命力、獨特的魅力，以及不凡的智慧，已經向世人展現女人的能力絕對不輸男人。於是，我們可以看到1920年代的搖擺女郎們留著如男孩般的短髮，在舞池中輕舞飛揚，衝破社會禮教的束縛；見到芭蕾名伶如何向身體的極限挑戰，只為成就最詩意的藝術之美

The book offers a bridge into the critical understanding of modern Chinese art through its encounter with the world beyond China's borders. David Clarke demonstrates Chinese art's interconnections wit

Say farewell to language faux pas forever!Based on the revolutionary Easily Pronounced Language Systems approach, Say It Right in Chinese makes mastering correct Chinese pronunciation simple. With Say

Zhao Mengfu has enormous significance for Chinese art history. This work presents a new, synthetic portrait of the artist's development from the 1280s to his death in 1322, and evaluates his pivotal r